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Healthy lifestyle - Wild about yams?

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Jamaica Gleaner
KIngston Jamaica
August 30, 2008
Heather Little-White, Contributor
While there is talk about the virtues of Jamaican yams and their probable contribution to the success of our Olympians in Beijing, traditional yam lovers shouldn’t go wild about all varieties.
The wild yam, for example, is a herb, not a tuber that you would expect to cook […]

Coffee Contributes to Estrogen Dominance in Women

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Daily Planet
Telluride, Colo. -
August 13, 2008
You are probably reading this while sipping your hot beverage of choice this morning. Is it green tea, which you’ve heard contains lots of antioxidants that are good for you (but do what
exactly?!) What if you could have a drink in the morning that could lower your risk of diabetes, […]

Think yourself to better health

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ioL
www.iol.ca.za
August 11, 2008
 
By Anastasia Stephens
A new Australian study suggests that the faster speed that athletes achieve when taking performance-enhancing drugs is all in the mind. The study compared athletes on growth hormones with those given a placebo.
Those taking the placebo were able to lift heavier weights than those taking the hormones. The results imply that […]

Endometriosis enzyme

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NHS Choices
August 6, 2008
“A painful womb condition that affects around two million British women may be triggered by an out-of-control enzyme”, the Daily Mail reported. It said that scientists claim the findings of a study could be used to diagnose and treat endometriosis, a condition which causes pain, menstrual problems and can affect fertility. The […]